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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1979
Page
2
New York UPI reports cancer society figures show lung cancer becomes the second leading killer of American women. Projections for 1980 estimate 26,500 female deaths and 32,000 new cases from lung cancer, with breast cancer also increasing as the top female cancer killer.
The Detroit News reports four Chrysler Highland Park woodshop workers died of cancer this year and notes three cases at GM Truck and Coach in Ponha. It cites eight GM Tech Center deaths, with ten treated, among about 400 workers. A health specialist calls the Tech Center rate higher than expected, suggesting wood dust carcinogens as a possible cause.
Washington Governor Dixy Lee Ray said she may reopen the Hanford low level atomic waste site within days if the Nuclear Regulatory Commission improves waste shipment policing. She noted reopening could apply to nuclear medicine wastes if progress continues.
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